VOCABULARY FROM MODULE 3 ORGANISATION

subsidiary a company which is owned by a filijala

larger company
plant another word for factory postrojka
call centre a large office in which a company's kol centar
employees provide information to
its customers.
service centre a place where a company provides komjuterski centar
help for customers who use its
products or services:
head office main office direkcija, uprava,
glaven ured
distribution centre a warehouse that stores a distributiven centar
manufacturer's goods temporarily,
before they are transported to stores
or customers for sale:
warehouse a large building for storing things magacin
before they are sold, used or sent
out to shops, or a large shop selling
a large number of a particular
product at a cheap rate
branches/outlets a shop that is one of many owned by pazar, prodavnica
a particular company and that sells
the goods which the company has
produced
stock level a supply of something for use or nivo na zaliha
sale
sales figures it gives information about the sales grafikon na
made in a certain period of time rasproda`ba
consignment an amount of goods that is sent ispra}awe stoka
somewhere
bureaucratic involving lot of rules and birokratski
procedures
decentralised to move central part to smaller decentralizirano
companies
impersonal without human warmth and interest objektiven
caring describes someone who is kind and poka`uva gri`a za
gives emotional support to emloyees vrabotenite
democratic based on the principles of demokratski
democracy
market-driven it is directed towards the market, the naso~en kon
customers pazarot
centralized the whole system is under central centraliziran
control
dynamic having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm dinami~en
conservative old-fashioned staromoden,
konzervativen
hierarchical divided into levels hierarhiski podreden

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progressive developing or happening gradually napreden, raste~ki
self-employed / sole trader an enterprise with one employee samovraboten
who is autonomous
SME small to medium-sized enterprise sredno pretprijatie
multinational with hierarchy of tens to thousands multinacionalna
emloyees kompanija
centralized culture exact procedures that must be centralizirana
followed postavenost
flat structure it only has few levels of hierarchy struktura so pomal
broj na avtoriteti
flextime people can choose when they work fleksibilno vreme
hot desking (teleworker) when people work from home; rabota od doma
teleworking; telecommuting
portfolio worker a person who works for several rabotnik koj e
different companies or organizations anga`iran na
at the same time: pove}e rabotni
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playground place where kids play children’s igrali{te
games
to wander to walk without specific direction da skita
portable phones cell phones mobilni telefoni
competitive formula wanting very much to be more formula za
successful than other companies natprevar/
konkurentnost
ingredients contents sostojki
jumpsuit a piece of clothing which covers raboten kombinezon
both the upper body and the legs
to reinforce to make something stronger da zajakne
company’s upbeat image image full of hope, happiness and optimisti~ki
good feelings
to abolish to do away with something da ukine
regulations rules pravila
conventional corporate life traditional and ordinary; relating to konvencionalen
a large company kolektiven
(korporaciski)`ivot
set hours fixed working hours фиксно работно време
perk an advantage beneficija
rigorous strict strog
to hire to employ someone or pay them to da najmi vraboten
do a particular job
to negotiate to have talks in order to make an da pregovara
agreement
keen on accountability interested in people being saka lu|eto da bidat
responsible for what they do odgovorni
fanatical about measuring extremely interested in judging krajno
performance achievements zainteresirana za
procenka na
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establish performance set up standards of achievements postaviva standardi
benchmarks na postignuvawe
rates the teams assesses how the group have done ja ocenuva rabotata
performance na grupata
salesperson salesman prodava~
Intranet a system of connected computers intranet
which works like the Internet and
which allows people within an
organization to communicate with
each other and share information
schedule timetable raspored
upcoming events future obligations sledni /idni nastani
cutting-edge equipment the latest technology posledna
tehnologija
target aim cel
labour market the supply of people in a particularpazar na rabotna
country or area who are able and sila
willing to work
labour force all the people in a particular country rabotna raka
who are of the right age to work or
all the people who work for a
particular company
trade union an organization that represents the sindikat
people who work in a particular
industry, protects their rights
trade fair place where firms and their products saem
are put on display